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• Redford to college graduates: World needs you; be fearless
• Iconic filmmaker John Waters to receive honorary RISD degree
• 10 Commencement Speeches With Real Advice for Grads

Redford to college graduates: World needs you; be fearless Posted: 24 May 2015 04:27 PM PDT WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) — Two-time Academy Award winner Robert Redford is encouraging college graduates to be fearless in a world of challenges and to become collaborators with others and the environment to overcome life's daunting difficulties.

Iconic filmmaker John Waters to receive honorary RISD degree Posted: 24 May 2015 09:36 AM PDT PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Iconic filmmaker John Waters says he was surprised to be offered an honorary degree from a prestigious Rhode Island art school. After all, he was thrown out of every school he ever went to.

10 Commencement Speeches With Real Advice for Grads Posted: 24 May 2015 08:43 AM PDT It's college graduation season, and as in years past, these kinds of inspirational sentiments are being proclaimed in commencement speeches coast to coast. While encouraging words from some of the nation's most prominent leaders never hurt, some of this year's crop of speakers are bringing real talk to grads who are about to leave the bubble of the college campus and step into the real world. The former secretary of state addressed how the American dream "unravels and the social fabric is torn" when we let hate divide us.

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